A Point Fortin man and woman were ar­rest­ed on Fri­day af­ter al­leged­ly de­mand­ing $10,000 from a vic­tim and threat­en­ing to burn his ve­hi­cle if he did not pay.

Po­lice said the ar­rests fol­lowed “Op­er­a­tion Strike Point”, a sting led by the An­ti-Ex­tor­tion Unit with sup­port from the Na­tion­al Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Unit and the Air Sup­port Unit.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said the vic­tim was told to meet the sus­pects at a su­per­mar­ket car park on Point Fortin Main Road. While seat­ed in his ve­hi­cle, a woman ap­proached and said she was there to col­lect the mon­ey.

Af­ter the vic­tim hand­ed over the cash, of­fi­cers moved in and ar­rest­ed the 27-year-old woman of Spring Trace, War­den Road, Point Fortin. The cash was re­cov­ered at the scene.

Fur­ther en­quiries led to the ar­rest of a 38-year-old man, al­so of War­den Road, Point Fortin.